Organizers say goal is 'bringing these stories into people's worlds and helping them process it'

Afghan Cycles is one of the films playing at this year's Zonta Film Festival at The Princess Cinemas in uptown Waterloo. (Afghan Cycles/Twitter)

Princess Cinemas is showing 12 documentaries directed by women this weekend for the eighth annual Zonta Film Festival.

"We wanted to show incredible films around human rights [and] advocacy — stories told through a female lens," said Melissa Durrell, a City of Waterloo councillor and one of the people responsible for bringing the films to Waterloo region. "I just think that's really important."